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Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen, CEO November 25 th 2020 How has climate change become one of the most important topics in Norwegian politics?
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Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen, CEO
November 25th 2020
How has climate change become
one of the most important topics in
Norwegian politics?
Photo: Tim Lüddemann/Flickr
Photo: Framtiden.no
Photo: Statkraft
Source: Electricitymaop.org
Photo: Arne Reidar Mortensen
Photo: Arne Reidar Mortensen
Norway’s
two
faces
Facsimile: BBC News November 4th 2020
Facsimile: The Guardian April 19th 2020
How has Is climate change become
one of the most important topics in
Norwegian politics?
Norwegians perceive climate change as
the biggest challenge of our time
During the corona eruption,«Unemployment»
and «health» were at the top ahead of
«Climate change»
Source: KANTAR, 2020
Opposition leader: Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party Prime minister: Erna Solberg, the Conservative Party
Photos: Arbeiderpartiet (Støre), Høyre (Solberg)
Opposition leader: Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party Prime minister: Erna Solberg, the Conservative Party
Photos: Arbeiderpartiet (Støre), Høyre (Solberg)
Source: Taxfoundation.org
The parties in Government
have agreed to an annual
increase in the CO2 tax of
5 per cent until 2025.
Most parties in opposition
agree.
Cross-party agreement
from 2012.
Facsimile: IndependentJuly 2nd 2020
Cross-party
climate target:
100% electric
car sale by 2025.
Facsimile: InsideEVsNovember 4th 2020
So far in 2020: EVs account for more than halft of all new
passenger car registrations
Source: Energiogklima.no
Cross-party
climate target:
Zero emission
fjords by 2026.
Facsimile: ElectrekAprilMay 4th 2018
Photo: Sverre HjørnevikFlåm AS
Public procurements – our most effective
tool for developing a zero emission society?
MF Ampere,
the world’s first
electric car and
passenger ferry.
Photo: Olav A. Øvrebø
From one electric ferry in 2015...
...to more than 50 five years later.
Source: The Norwegian Climate Foundation
World’s first fully
electric high speed
passenger ferry?
illustration: Flying Foil
When climate action becomes business
Facsimile: Richmond NewsNovember 23rd 2018
Facsimile: ReutersNovember 18th 2020
Heidelberg cement
+
Felleskjøpet Agri
=
World’s first zero
emission cargo ship
Illustration: Vard
From fossil fuel-free
to emissions-free
construction site.
Photo: Nasta
Vestland county:
Only zero emission taxis
from April 1st 2024
Photo: Statkraft
Facsimile: Teknisk UkebladMarch 6th 2020
Norwegian GHG emissions, 1990-2019
Source: Statistics Norway
-2,3 %1990-2019
Cutting emissions by 50 percent by 2030 will be a challenge
Flagship projects
Scale up
Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen
CEO
M: +47 980 33 301
Thank you for you attention!
